03.24.2009 11:07 am
Online tool predicts your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
British scientists have developed QDScore, an online tool for predicting your risk of developing adult-onset diabetes.
After examining medical records of more than 2.5 million people over 15 years, they found nine significant risk factors: age, ethnicity, body mass index, smoking status, socioeconomic level, family history of diabetes, diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, hypertension and use of steroid drugs.
Then, they calculated the relative importance of each factor and incorporated them into a formula that predicts the 10-year risk for Type 2 diabetes. Give it a whirl. First though, you’ll have to visit WorldWideMetric.com to convert your height and weight to metric measurements.
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Cindy Billhartz Gregorian is a features reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She has reported for the Healthy & Fit section since its first issue. She's a distance runner with seven marathons under her belt. 
